xix, 428 pages : 24 cm

Tells the story of the Mormon exodus from Nauvoo, Illinois, following the original pioneer camp of 1847 to their arrival in Salt Lake City Valley, and concluding with the first conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints there in 1848

Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-418) and index

Foreword / by Leonard Arrington -- "It would take years to reach the mountains" : across Iowa and the enforced winter quarters -- "The word and the will of the Lord" : blueprint for exodus -- "A great American desert" -- Wagons west : from the Elkhorn to Ash Hollow -- "A am about to revolt" : Mormon thunder at Scottsbluff -- "It's a long road that never turns" : from Fort Laramie to Fort Bridger -- "Hurra, hurra, hurra -- there's my home at last" : Fort Bridger to the Great Salt Lake -- "It is an excellent place to serve the Lord" -- "We expect to see the sun rise again" : the emigration camp of 1847 -- "We have been in the valley to set the big wheel to work" -- "The operations of the church are paralyzed with poverty" : the salvation missions of 1847-48 -- "We have now laid the foundation for our coming day" -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Historiographical essay -- Selected bibliography -- Index

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